U.S. Senate Passes Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act to Limit Patent Thicketing
In a significant move to curb drug prices, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Affordable...
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Pharmaceutical Giants Face UK Industry Code Breach Allegations, Including Novartis and Pfizer
Several multinational pharmaceutical corporations have been reprimanded for violating the UK’s Prescription Medicines Code, a...
Biocytogen Secures US Patent for RenLite Fully Human Common Light Chain Mouse Platform
Biocytogen (HKG: 2315), a biopharmaceutical company based in China, has announced that it has been...
J&J Loses US Court Case Over Asbestos in Cosmetic Products; Ordered to Pay $260 Million
Johnson & Johnson (J&J; NYSE: JNJ) suffered a defeat in a US court this week,...
MilliporeSigma Avoids Prosecution in Biochemical Diversion Case: A DoJ First
Merck KGaA (NYSE: MRK)’s US life sciences division, MilliporeSigma, has been at the center of...
China Invalidates Heart Failure Patent for Dapagliflozin, Maintains Protection for Kidney Disease Use
The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has announced a pivotal decision concerning the patent...
GSK Confronted with Whistleblower Allegations Over Zantac and NDMA Link
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK; NYSE: GSK), the UK-based pharmaceutical giant, is facing legal action in the form...
U.S. Judge Dismisses Johnson & Johnson and Bristol-Myers Squibb Lawsuits Against Drug-Pricing Provisions in Inflation Reduction Act
In a recent legal development, a U.S. federal court judge has rejected the legal challenges...
Kind Pharmaceuticals Resolves Trade Secrets Dispute with Fibrogen Amid HIF-PHI Pipeline Development
Kind Pharmaceuticals LLC, a Sino-US pharmaceutical company, along with its Chinese affiliate Hangzhou Andao Pharmaceutical...
China’s CNIPA and USPTO Pledge to Deepen Intellectual Property Cooperation
Shen Changyu, Director of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), met with Kathi Vidal,...
China’s CNIPA Upholds Patent for Nobel-Winning CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing Technology
The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has upheld a key patent surrounding the CRISPR/Cas9...
Abiomed Recalls Over 66,000 Impella Heart Pumps Due to Serious Injury Risk, FDA Classifies as Class I Event
Johnson & Johnson (J&J, NYSE: JNJ), already embroiled in lawsuits over alleged cancer risks associated...
CNIPA Invalidates Novo Nordisk’s Victoza Patent, Opening Door for Chinese Biosimilars
The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has declared invalid the patent No. 201510572124.1 held...
CNIPA Invalidates AbbVie Patents, Setting New Precedent for Pharmaceutical Disclosure
The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)’s Patent Re-examination Board (PRB) has reportedly invalidated two...
BIO Reverses Support for WuXi AppTec Amid Security Concerns, Plans Legislative Shift
The Biotech Innovation Organization (BIO), a US-based industry lobbying group, has reversed its stance on...
BeiGene Launches Legal Action Against Sandoz and MSN Over Brukinsa Patent Infringement
BeiGene Ltd. (NASDAQ: BGNE; HKG: 6160; SHA: 688235), the China-based biotech firm, has initiated patent...
US Senate Committee Backs Bill to Restrict Chinese Biotechnology Firms’ Access to American Genetic Data
The U.S. Senate’s homeland security committee has voted 11-1 in favor of the Prohibiting Foreign...
AlzeCure Pharma’s Alzheimer’s Drug Candidate ACD856 Receives Global Patent Awards
AlzeCure Pharma, a Swedish pharmaceutical company, has announced the receipt of patent approval awards for...
Sandoz Agrees to $265 Million Settlement in U.S. Generic Drug Antitrust Case
Sandoz (SIX: SDZ), the Swiss-based pharmaceutical company, announced this week that its U.S. subsidiaries have...
GSK and Peers Respond to FTC Criticism, Withdraw Patent Listings from US Orange Book
Three pharmaceutical companies, including the UK’s GSK (NYSE: GSK), have responded to the Federal Trade...